Chapter 049-The Chainmail Wearing by the Liangshan Generals Is Really Enviable!
After breakfast, Huang An gave the order.
Everyone was ready for the final battle at 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
He asked the cook to return the last day's rations to the soldiers.
He brought them all with him just in case. He would use the remaining rations to make a good meal today.
He even asked the cook to bring forward the time of the second meal to before 12:00.
He had even killed an inferior horse.
Even though the two thousand people might not even be able to drink a single piece of meat soup from a single horse, this attitude was enough to boost morale.
The cook was also overjoyed.
In fact, after the weather had cleared up for the past two days, he had also brought some people to dig up some wild vegetables.
When the time came, they would all be placed in the country to boil. They would definitely be able to let all the soldiers have a full meal before the decisive battle and recover their strength to ruthlessly defeat the Liangshan bandits.
However, at noon, the fragrance of meat wafted over from the other side of the river.
Instantly, Huang An became nervous. He felt that it was very likely that Liang Mountain was going to launch a general attack.
However, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement from Liang Mountain. Just as he was feeling puzzled, Zhu Tong came to report.
"Milord, Liangshan…" Zhu Tong's face turned bitter.
"Maybe three meals a day. This is lunch!”
"What is it? Three meals a day?" Huang An was stunned." Meat for every meal and three meals a day?”
"Did Liangshan discover a silver mine?”
Zhu Tong's expression became even more bitter." Sir, I've asked the soldiers on duty. In their memories…Liangshan is indeed a place where three meals are served!"”
"Three meals a day, meat for every meal!"
Before Huang An could recover from his shock, his subordinate reported.
"The scouts are back."
"Quickly call him in!" Huang An hurriedly said.
He had sent more than ten scouts to spy on the military situation in Liangshan. He did not know how the situation was.
Soon, scouts came in, but it wasn't a dozen or so, but one.
Only this one was still drenched. His right eye had been pierced by an arrow, and his body was covered in blood. His face was as pale as gold paper.
From the looks of it, he was already not far from death. He was simply extremely lucky to be able to return.
"What happened? Have you investigated Liangshan's military situation?”
Afraid that the scout would die, Huang An asked impatiently.
The scout had lost too much blood and was weak when he spoke. With tears in his eyes, he said,"" Liangshan's defense is very tight…We, we, were ambushed by them…But, we, we…"
"We have found the grain of Liangshan!”
" They're piled up like a small mountain…"
" They, they, eat meat every meal, three meals a day…"
"A lot of food can't be eaten, so it's used to feed the pigs..."
"The food fed to the pigs is better than ours!”
After barely finishing his sentence, the scout fainted.
It was obvious that he was relying on his conviction to support himself. Now that he had said the important information, he collapsed.
Huang An quickly asked the accompanying doctor to check. Although he knew that he would most likely not be able to save her, he had to save her at this time.
However, the expression on his face was extremely interesting.
He really did not expect that the Liangshan army opposite him would be so abnormal!
In terms of logistics, they were actually so powerful.
They completely crushed the soldiers!
Moreover, they were very clear that the news that the pigs on Mount Liangshan were fed with better food than them could not be leaked. Otherwise, the morale of the army would instantly drop by a large margin.
This was extremely disadvantageous for the final battle.
He became anxious and tortured until it was almost three in the afternoon. He immediately called the cook.
He began to cook and instructed her to cook slowly. Especially, she had to let the fragrance of the rice waft.
The cook was also an old soldier, so he naturally understood what he meant.
To put it bluntly, it was to let everyone smell the fragrance of the food and stimulate their fighting strength.
He was busy at the moment. In a short while, the fragrance of meat wafted around the village.
Huang An immediately ordered the two thousand soldiers to gather.
The 2,000 soldiers were a little listless. After all, although they didn't know that the food they ate was not as good as the food used to feed pigs on Mount Liangshan, they knew that Mount Liangshan ate meat for three meals a day.
Facing such bandits, how could the soldiers, who had long run out of money, have any morale?
Huang An was not surprised. He stood in front of the team and made the final mobilization.
"Brothers, I'm sure everyone knows that there's grain on the opposite Liangshan!”
"But do you know? This is all the grain stored in Liangshan."
"They risked everything to fight us.”
"What does this mean? It means that the Liangshan bandits are afraid of us!”
"So, brothers, cheer up!”
"After a while, we'll have a full meal and all of us will attack. We'll snatch the grain of Liangshan. Tonight, we'll have meat, wine, money, and maybe even women!”
"Brothers, do you like the Liangshan Mountain that delivered goods to us?”
Huang An's words definitely had an extremely strong influence.
After he finished speaking, many of the soldiers who had smelled the fragrance of the meat and could not hold it in became restless.
"Joy, joy!"
"Take down the Liangshan bandits. There will be wine and meat tonight!”
"I've been suffering for seven or eight days, and I've been waiting for today!”
"A bunch of bandits, watch me chop them to death with my saber!”
……
Looking at the soldiers who were shouting, Huang An nodded his head in satisfaction and loudly made arrangements.
"Lei Heng!"
"Yes!"
"After the meal, I order five hundred of your men to bring along all the tools and head upstream.”
"If Liangshan comes across the river, return quickly.”
"If Mount Liang doesn't move, prepare sandbags, cut down trees, move boulders, and block this Stronghold Head River.”
"Listen to my drums!"
"Yes, sir!" Lei Heng accepted the order.
"He Tao!"
"Yes!"
"I order you to reorganize your military and hold the rear. Listen to my orders and attack decisively.”
"Yes, sir!"
"Zhu Tong!"
"Yes!"
"Follow me as the vanguard. If Mount Liang crosses the river, attack directly.”
"If Liangshan does not move, Lei Heng will block the water flow and follow me to lead the army!”
"Yes, sir!"
……
Military orders were issued one after another.
A murderous aura spread out.
Everyone was on guard against a great enemy.
"The food is ready," Huang Ancai said."We'll split into four groups and eat in turn."”
"Yes, sir!"
Everyone responded to his last sentence with a loud bang, and their voices resounded through the clouds!
……
When the soldiers moved, the Liangshan Army also moved.
After all, the decisive battle that was about to take place was not a complicated battle. Anyone with some military knowledge would know very well.
However, compared to Huang An's pre-battle mobilization, Chen Ye thought about it and felt that it was better to forget it.
He was afraid that if he mobilized before the battle, the Liangshan Army would pierce a hole in the sky!
These few days, the two armies had been confronting each other. The Liangshan Army had enjoyed the best treatment in this era!
Every day, they were served chicken, duck, fish, and sweet potato steamed buns and noodles. They ate very sweetly and nutritious.
The most important thing was that from time to time, the villagers of the Liangshan affiliated village would come to deliver food.
The Liangshan Army had a total of eight hundred soldiers on this expedition. The rest of them stayed behind to maintain order.
These 800 soldiers were already very excited when they set out.
The good life they had lived in Liangshan had made their determination and will to protect Liangshan extremely firm.
Many of them still had the idea of repaying their boss, so they were determined to beat back the soldiers.
Of course, there were also too many people who wanted to kill the enemy and make contributions!
But…
He had enjoyed the confrontation for the past few days!
Look at how grateful the villagers were to them!
Look at the expectations of their families!
Look at the countless young men worshipping them!
But…
Just this?
Just doing nothing?
After a full meal, there was no need to train.
Just standing guard and patrolling?
Then what was the use of having them!
Were they worthy of the good intentions of the Liangshan people behind them?
Therefore, everyone was holding back their anger!
When Lin Chong and Shi Bao gathered their troops, no one spoke. However, their eyes seemed to be glowing with green light!
The indifference of the 800 soldiers formed a murderous aura.
The sharp killing intent frightened the birds in the forest and they fled in all directions!
"Set off, prepare to cross the river and fight!”
Chen Ye ordered indifferently.
……
On the other side of the river, Huang An and Zhu Tong stood side by side, overlooking the Liangshan camp.
The sound coming from the direction of the camp indicated that the Liangshan army was gathering.
A decisive battle was about to begin.
Zhu Tong could not help but sigh.
"Why sigh?" Huang An asked.
"That day, when the news of Kong Village being destroyed by Liangshan reached the county government, I thought Kong Liang and Kong Ming's martial arts were mediocre and could not defeat the bandits of Liangshan," Zhu Tong said.”
"Because of this, I even laughed at Brother Gongming and said that the two disciples he taught were not good enough.”
"But from the looks of it now, it's not that Kong Ming and Kong Liang's martial arts aren't good, it's that the Liangshan army is brave in battle.”
"Could Head Zhu have fought with the Liang Mountain Army?" Huang An asked.”
"No!"
"Since there isn't, how do we know that the Liangshan bandits are brave in battle?”
Zhu Tong sighed again." Chief, stand guard and inspect the camp. Protect the safety."”
"How can you not work hard, minions?"
Saying so, he pointed.
Following the direction Zhu Tong was pointing at, Huang An could vaguely see a leader in armor standing high up on the hill.
From the position of the leader, it was his duty to inspect the camp and patrol the surroundings.
Speaking of which, their soldiers had been fighting against the bandits of Liangshan for eight to nine days, but this was the first time Huang An had seen the people of Liangshan.
There was nothing he could do about it. Two days ago, there was heavy rain, strong winds, and heavy fog. He could not see anything from afar.
The weather was clear these two days, but the Liangshan bandits were stationed five miles away from the river.
He wasn't a clairvoyant, so how could he see?
This was the first time he had seen it, but his heart couldn't help but sink because he already believed Zhu Tong's judgment.
Huang An's character was really not good.
They plundered and exploited the commoners.
However, he was really good at leading troops.
Therefore, they were very clear that the leader before them had occupied a high place and looked around to protect the Liangshan army's smooth advancement. In the eyes of the minions, such an action was worth entrusting their lives to!
After all, it was rare for a leader to love soldiers to this extent!
As for why it was the leader and not the minions?
Nonsense, look at such shiny armor, how could a small fry be worthy of wearing it?
He must be the leader!
"Looks like this is going to be a tough battle!”
"However, our army has two thousand men, and Liangshan has at most one thousand men.”
"With twice the number of enemies, our army can definitely win!”
Huang An was still extremely confident.
"I also think so. Our army has a great chance of winning.”
" It's just…" Zhu Tong said," I'm just a little envious."”
"Milord, can you see clearly what kind of armor that leader is wearing?”
There were many types of ancient armor. After the Northern Song Dynasty inherited it, there were many different designs for armor.
Huang An had been in the army for a long time and had seen too much.
He immediately came to a conclusion,"It's actually chainmail!”
"This is one of Tang Shi's 13 types of armor!”
"I wonder where Liangshan got such a set of armor? Who knew which leader he would use it on?”
"I wonder if it's Song Wan, the Vajra of the Clouds?" Zhu Tong asked. Or touch Tian Du Qian?"
"These two people's martial arts are ordinary, but they actually have such precious armor!”
"It's much better than the one I'm wearing!”
Saying so, Zhu Tong could not help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
He was wearing leather armor made of large pieces of leather, a helmet, and a neck guard.
However, it had been worn for many years and was extremely worn.
Leather armor was not resistant to weapons, so there were many holes in his armor.
Huang An could not help but reveal an envious expression.
Looking at the chain mail on the Liangshan leader, his eyes were burning.
As a regimental training envoy, and the leader of the soon-to-be-named prefectural army, the armor he wore was already the most mainstream armor of the Song Dynasty.
The armor was called Buren Armor.
The special feature of this type of armor was its astonishing defensive power!
Its entire body was made up of 1825 armor leaves, and it was almost airtight.
He was actually a cavalryman and had good riding skills, so the armor he chose was slightly lighter, but overall, it was still quite thick.
This was mainly because the main opponents of the Northern Song Dynasty were the men who raised horses in the north.
Due to the lack of warhorses in the Great Song, it was difficult for them to compete with the Liao Kingdom in terms of cavalry. Therefore, they increased the defense on their armor and used a large number of troops to break the Liao Kingdom's light cavalry.
Originally, Huang An's armor was not bad.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to brag to Song Jiang that the entire army was well-equipped when he was in Yuncheng County.
However, it had been worn for a long time, and many places were worn out. He had no choice but to patch them.
This did not affect the use of the armor, so it would not be changed for him at will.
Huang An was usually quite satisfied, but now…
He looked at the armor worn by the leader of the Liangshan bandits. It was even better than his armor.
He could no longer hold back his envy and jealousy!
"This is really good armor!"
Huang An praised.
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